diff --git a/gnome-session-libs.patch b/gnome-session-libs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a686d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-session-libs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up gnome-session-2.29.6/configure.in.libs gnome-session-2.29.6/configure.in
+--- gnome-session-2.29.6/configure.in.libs	2010-02-11 19:18:01.736273150 -0500
++++ gnome-session-2.29.6/configure.in	2010-02-11 19:19:29.621272995 -0500
+@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(Xau, XauFileName, [X_LIBS="
+ *** Can't find the Xauth library. It is needed to compile gnome-session.])],
+ 	     $X_LIBS)
+ 
++X_LIBS="$X_LIBS -lXext"
++
+ AC_SUBST(X_LIBS)
+ 
+ dnl ====================================================================
diff --git a/gnome-session.spec b/gnome-session.spec
index 4fcc94d..e717837 100644
--- a/gnome-session.spec
+++ b/gnome-session.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Patch3: 0001-Add-ability-to-perform-actions-after-a-period-of-idl.patch
 # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607094
 Patch4: nag-root-user.patch
 
+Patch5: gnome-session-libs.patch
+
 %description
 gnome-session manages a GNOME desktop or GDM login session. It starts up
 the other core GNOME components and handles logout and saving the session.
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ Desktop file to add GNOME to display manager session menu.
 %setup -q
 %patch3 -p1 -b .max-idle
 %patch4 -p1 -b .nag-root-user
+%patch5 -p1 -b .libs
 
 echo "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4" >> Makefile.am